Briggs Chapter 4

February 8th, 2011  Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Microblogging: Write Small, Think Big
News in 140-characters

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The twitter chapter! Basically I’m going to break it down for you in a few basic points.

Real-time uses of Twitter:

  1. Evacuations
  2. Tradgedy
  3. Trial Coverage
  4. Broadcast news

Start using Twitter, Tweet!

  1. Establish your goal
  2. Have a topic
  3. Make a network
  4. Perhaps build personal brand

Twitter lingo-

DM: Direct message

@: For a reply, it precedes a Twitter ID in a reply. Are you reading this? Tweet me a reply! @Lyndseymercier

Tweet: send a message on Twitter

RT: Retweet, copying someone tweet, and posting it so your followers can see it.

Hashtag: Common label for a twwet that should be tied together with others’ tweets, preceeded by a # symbol.

What is there to do on Twitter?

  1. Post
  2. Read
  3. Reply
  4. Direct message

 

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